• AFOSR's Basic Research May Lead to Revolutionary New Devices

    Dr. Jiwoong Park of Cornell University, who receives funding for basic research from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), is investigating carbon nanostructures that may some day be used in electronic, thermal, mechanical and sensing devices for the Air Force."Devices that are

  • Changes ahead for Air Force acquisition

    Some 275 Air Force and defense industry leaders met here Sept. 3 to discuss military technology acquisition challenges and opportunities facing the nation. The Air Force Association Technology Symposium was timed to immediately follow the semi-annual Air Force Materiel Command Senior Leaders

  • X-Ray Fluorescence Gets Glowing Reports in Engine Debris Analysis

    Successful demonstration of a prototype lubricant analyzer based on X-ray fluorescence technology propels Air Force Research Laboratory and industry partner GasTOPS, Inc., ever closer to enabling better detection of early-stage engine failure caused by debris. The XRF analyzer uses data collected

  • Reconfigurable FPGAs Designed for Satellite Program

    A Cooperative Research and Development Agreement enabled collaboration between Air Force Research Laboratory and Xilinx Corporation is developing a space-hardened version of the company's latest field-programmable gate array product: the Single-Event-Upset Immune Reconfigurable FPGA, or SIRF. Now

  • USAF School of Aerospace Medicine's DIMO takes trauma training to Tajikistan

    The Defense Institute for Medical Operations, a unit of the U. S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM) currently based at Brooks City-Base, San Antonio, presented medical professionals in the Central Asian country of Tajikistan a training course focused on regional trauma and disaster

  • Record Crowd turns out for Air Force Marathon

    Nearly 10,000 runners - an almost 35 percent increase over last year -- lined up at the starting line here for the 2009 U.S. Air Force Marathon. The 13th annual running event started with remarks by Lt. Gen. Thomas J. Owen, commander of the Aeronautical Systems Center, and included a first-ever

  • Crystal-Clear Path to Advanced Encryption and High-Resolution Photography

    Air Force Research Laboratory-funded research of unconventional imaging methods may prompt advancements for the Air Force, particularly in the areas of data encryption and wide-area, high-resolution photography. Princeton University's Dr. Jason W. Fleischer leads a team exploring the use of a

  • Energy Harvesting for Future UAVs

    Dye-sensitized solar cells constitute an emergent technology expected to power Air Force unmanned air vehicles of the future. The basis of this expectation lies in the cells' capacity as optimum energy harvesters, power sources that may ultimately enable longer flight times without additional

  • New Generation of Energy-Efficient UAVs

    Driven by ever-increasing military demands to reduce unmanned air vehicle size and weight but lengthen flight times, Air Force Research Laboratory is funding a project exploring the integration of solar power sources directly into the base materials used to build UAVs. Dr. Max Shtein and his team of

  • Curved Laser Beams Just Around the Bend

    Research exploring the use of curved laser beams in the space environment may one day enable charged particles to be accelerated and high-power microwaves and radio frequency waves to be guided while in the air, advantageous capabilities for the Air Force in terms of remotely detecting explosives